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Prokaryotes (part 1) Flashcards

1
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Average size of Prokaryote

A

0.2 - 1.0 micrometer x 2-8 micrometer

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2
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Calcifying nanoparticles

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Nanobacteria

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3
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Structures found on meteorite fragment

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Nanobes or Nanobacteria

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4
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Basic shapes of prokaryotes

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Coccus
Bacillus
Spiral

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5
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Round but can be oval, elongated, or flattened on one side

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Coccus

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6
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Example of coccus

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Diplococcus pneumoniae

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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7
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Rod-shaped

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Bacillus

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8
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Examples of bacillus

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Escherichia coli

Bacillus anthracis

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9
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Have one or more twists

Never straight

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Spiral

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10
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Curved rods

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Vibrio

Ex: Vibrio cholerae

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11
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Thick, helical shape, like a corkscrew, and fairly rigid bodies

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Spirillum

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12
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A thin, flexible spiral

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Spirochete
Ex:
Treponema pallidum
Leptospira interrogans

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13
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Unusual shapes

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Fruiting bacteria
Stalked bacteria
Budding bacteria
Filamentous
Wall-less, pleomorphic
Pleomorphic
Fusiform/ spindle-shaped, filamentous
Rosette formation
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14
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Example of fruiting bacteria

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Myxobacter

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15
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Example of stalked bacteria

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Caulobacter

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16
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Example of budding bacteria

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Hyphomicrobium

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17
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Example of filamentous shaped

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Cynobacteria

Actinomycete

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18
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Example of wall-less, pleomorphic

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Mycoplasma

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19
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Example of pleomorphic

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Rhizobium

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20
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Example of fusiform/spindle-shaped, filamentous

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Fusobacterium

21
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Example of rosette formation bacteria

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Caulobacter

22
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Nutritional Types

A

Photoautotroph
Photoheterotroph
Chemoautotroph
Chemoheterotroph

23
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Energy source is Sunlight

A

Photoautotroph

Photoheterotroph

24
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Carbon source is co2

A

Photoautotroph

25
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Carbon source is organic materials

A

Photoheterotroph

26
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Energy source is inorganic materials

Carbon source is co2

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Chemoautotroph

27
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Energy and carbon source is organic compounds

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Chemoheterotroph

28
Q

Extracellular Stryctures

A

Glycocalyx
Flagella and Archaella
Axial Filaments
Pili/Fimbriae

29
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Meaning sugar coat

Made inside the cell and secreted to the cell surface

A

Glycocalyx

30
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Importance of glycocalyx

A 
Protection
Enhances virulence of bacteria
Important component in biofilms
Helps in attachment
Source of nutrition during starvation
31
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Types of Glycocalyx

A

Capsule
Slime Layer
Extracellular polymeric substance
S Layer

32
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Well organized and not easily washed off

33
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Unorganized, diffused (loose) and easily removed

A

Slime layer

34
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Helps cells in a biofilm attach to their target environment and to each other

A

Extracellular polymeric substance

35
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Example of a biofilm

A

Dental plaque

36
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Proteins or glycoproteins that are regularly structured

37
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Thread-like locomotor appendages

38
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Parts of Flagella

A

Filament
Basal body
Hook

39
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Longet portion of flagella

40
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Part of a flagella that is embedded in the cell

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Basal body

41
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Part of a flagella that is short, curved segment which links the filament to the basal body

42
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Arrangement of bacterial flagella

A

Peritrichous
Monotrichous and Polar
Lophotrichous and Polar
Amphitrichous and Polar

43
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Movement of flagella

A

Run or swim
Tumble
Swarm (wavelike)

44
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A flagellar protein useful for distinguishing among serovars, or variations within a species, or gram negative bacteria

45
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Flagellar version in archaea

Have same functions as flagella and pili

A

Archaealla

46
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Glycoproteins in Archaellins

A

Archaellins

47
Q

Hair-like appendages in many gram negative bacteria
Can reach up to 1,000/cell
Aid in attachment

48
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Longer than fimbriae and number only one or two per cell
Involved in DNA transfer
Involved in motility

49
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Protein found in fimbriae and pili

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